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Lectures upon the three first chapters of the RevelationLectures vpon the three first chapters of the Reuelation
Lectures upon the three first chapters of the Revelation: preached in Cambridge anno Dom. 1595. by Master William Perkins, and now published for the benefit of this Church, by Robert Hill Bachelor in Divinity. To which is added an excellent sermon, penned at the request of that noble and wise councillor, Ambrose, Earle of Warwick: in which is proved that Rome is Babylon, and that Babylon is fallenLectures vpon the three first chapters of the Reuelation: preached in Cambridge anno Dom. 1595. by Master William Perkins, and now published for the benefite of this Church, by Robert Hill Bachelor in Diuinitie. To which is added an excellent sermon, penned at the request of that noble and wise councellor, Ambrose, Earle of Warwicke: in which is proued that Rome is Babylon, and that Babylon is fallen
London: printed by Richard Field for Cuthbert Burbie, 1604
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
But may the Church now in the new Testament change the Sabbath to any other day,1 as to tuesday, wednesday, &c. Answ. It cannot, I think: because times and seasons belong to God, he alone can dispose of them, Act. 1. 6. the church hath not knowledge of times and seasons, much less of the ordering and disposing of them: for that which the Father keepeth in his own bosom, the Church cannot know, but the Father alone so keepeth times and seasons, therefore the church cannot know them. And as the church of the Jews had not power to change their Sabbath, no more hath the Church in the new Testament, to change their Sabbaths.
But may the Church now in the new Testament change the Sabbath to any other day,1 as to tuesday, wednesday, &c. Answ. It cannot, I thinke: because times and seasons belong to God, he alone can dispose of thē, Act. 1. 6. the church hath not knowledge of times and seasons, much lesse of the ordering and disposing of them: for that which the Father keepeth in his owne bosome, the Church cannot know, but the Father alone so keepeth times and seasons, therfore the church cannot know them. And as the church of the Iewes had not power to change their Sabbath, no more hath the Church in the new Testament, to change their Sabbaths.
- 1Objection.Obiection.
Ob. But the Jews had authority to appoint feasts: therefore they could appoint Sabbath days. Hest. 9. 17. they for their deliverance appoint a day of rest, of rejoicing. So 1. Maccab. 4. 8.